Browsing: Opinion

by Nic Cheeseman There was a time that South Africa looked very different to the rest of Africa. The “rainbow nation”…

by Bosch Saving lives and preventing accidents: no, it’s not some sort of costumed superhero, but the connected car in…

by Bradley Elliott, director of digital agency Platinum Seed Artificial intelligence (AI) is commonly associated with science fiction films and…

by Jannie Rossouw This article was first published last year as South Africa faced a possible downgrade by rating agencies Current…

by Martin Hall Late in 2016 Senegal’s Banque Regionale De Marches announced the launch of the eCFA Franc; a cryptocurrency for…

by Antonis Michalas A battle between national security and privacy is brewing. Governments and secret services are asking encrypted messaging services…

by David Glance Estonia is a small country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe with a population of 1.3 million…

by Brett Parker, MD at SAP Africa at SAP You may have heard about the sword of Damocles, hanging above…

by Janette Stewart, principal at Analsys Mason “The fast pace of NB-IoT standardisation during 2016 suggests there is demand for…

by David Glance The US Government has thrown the world of travel into chaos again by banning tablets, laptops and other…

by Adrian Schofield The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Policy White Paper, which was released last October by the Department…

by Gugu Lourie Apart from  a wonderfully laid back lifestyle, the Western Cape Province has wonderful views that make driving…

by Ben Dickson Education, the ability to pass on knowledge, is one of the most ancient practices that sets humans…

by John Walubengo Elections present a milestone beyond which countries either strengthen their democratic credentials or become failed states. Often states…

By Gennaro Cuofano,  WordLift When Larry Page and Sergey Brin invented PageRank back in 1996, they had one simple idea in…

by Adam G. Klein In late February, the headline of a news commentary website that receives more than 2.8 million monthly…

by Evita March Online dating is an increasingly popular way for people to find love, but that also makes it an…

by Palaniappan Ramaswamy Biometrics – technology that can recognise individuals based on physical and behavioural traits such as their faces, voices…

by Chao Charity Mbogo In Africa, a continent grappling with many social ills, it’s critical that universities produce more Computer Science…

by Gugu Lourie When the departure of experienced MTN South Africa CEO Mteto Nyati was made public by his new…

by Professor Deirdre Carabine Education has two faces in today’s world, according to a recent World Bank report. On the one…

by Dirk Baur In investment terms, a safe haven is exactly what it sounds like: a place of relative safety when…

by Alastair Lansley A little over 10 years ago Nintendo changed the game with the release of the original Wii console.…

by Ben Dickson If you follow tech and cybersecurity news, this is something that you see a lot: Public WiFi networks,…

by Jonathan Roberts If you happen to live Pittsburgh in the US or Milton Keynes in the UK, then you may…